DRACUT.BOOTUP(7)                    dracut                    DRACUT.BOOTUP(7)

NAME
       dracut.bootup - boot ordering in the initramfs

DESCRIPTION
       This flow chart illustrates the ordering of the services, if systemd is
       used in the dracut initramfs.

                                               systemd-journal.socket
                                                          |
                                                          v
                                               dracut-cmdline.service
                                                          |
                                                          v
                                               dracut-pre-udev.service
                                                          |
                                                          v
                                                systemd-udevd.service
                                                          |
                                                          v
           local-fs-pre.target                dracut-pre-trigger.service
                    |                                     |
                    v                                     v
            (various mounts)  (various swap  systemd-udev-trigger.service
                    |           devices...)               |             (various low-level   (various low-level
                    |               |                     |             services: seed,       API VFS mounts:
                    v               v                     v             tmpfiles, random     mqueue, configfs,
             local-fs.target   swap.target     dracut-initqueue.service    sysctl, ...)        debugfs, ...)
                    |               |                     |                    |                    |
                    \_______________|____________________ | ___________________|____________________/
                                                         \|/
                                                          v
                                                   sysinit.target
                                                          |
                                        _________________/|\___________________
                                       /                  |                    \
                                       |                  |                    |
                                       v                  |                    v
                                   (various               |              rescue.service
                                  sockets...)             |                    |
                                       |                  |                    v
                                       v                  |              rescue.target
                                sockets.target            |
                                       |                  |
                                       \_________________ |                                 emergency.service
                                                         \|                                         |
                                                          v                                         v
                                                    basic.target                             emergency.target
                                                          |
                                   ______________________/|
                                  /                       |
                                  |                       v
                                  |            initrd-root-device.target
                                  |                       |
                                  |                       v
                                  |            dracut-pre-mount.service
                                  |                       |
                                  |                       v
                                  |                  sysroot.mount
                                  |                       |
                                  |                       v
                                  |             initrd-root-fs.target
                      (custom initrd services)            |
                                  |                       v
                                  |             dracut-mount.service
                                  |                       |
                                  |                       v
                                  |            initrd-parse-etc.service
                                  |                       |
                                  |                       v
                                  |            (sysroot-usr.mount and
                                  |             various mounts marked
                                  |               with fstab option
                                  |                x-initrd.mount)
                                  |                       |
                                  |                       v
                                  |                initrd-fs.target
                                  \______________________ |
                                                         \|
                                                          v
                                                     initrd.target
                                                          |
                                                          v
                                               dracut-pre-pivot.service
                                                          |
                                                          v
                                                initrd-cleanup.service
                                                     isolates to
                                               initrd-switch-root.target
                                                          |
                                                          v
                                   ______________________/|
                                  /                       |
                                  |        initrd-udevadm-cleanup-db.service
                                  |                       |
                      (custom initrd services)            |
                                  |                       |
                                  \______________________ |
                                                         \|
                                                          v
                                              initrd-switch-root.target
                                                          |
                                                          v
                                              initrd-switch-root.service
                                                          |
                                                          v
                                                     switch-root

AUTHOR
       Harald Hoyer

SEE ALSO
       dracut(8) bootup(7)

dracut 101                        04/07/2024                  DRACUT.BOOTUP(7)